I think it is safe to say Chairman Sensenbrenner understands that border security is the third part of the equation. Without it you don't have homeland security and national security.
We are 26 sheriffs committed to the exact same thing: border security and how it affects the rural areas of the southwest border with Mexico.
The Sheriffs slated to testify before the (Senate) will demonstrate how those involved in law enforcement along the southern border share the same unique problems with very limited resources.
What this latest incidence underscores is the necessity of increased support for local law enforcement to aid improving our border security. If this doesn't open D.C.'s eyes, I don't know what will.
There appears to be some grave concern that in all of this debate in the Senate that perhaps we're losing site of the fact that border security should be one of the priority issues.
Operation Linebacker is the modern-day version of a COPS program aimed at border security. I think Chairman Sensenbrenner gets the picture.